Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'mastodon?'.
Found 21 results
-
Curious on the identification of this. Found in a gravel pile with other odd and end bone pieces with multiple mammoth teeth found at the same site. Just curious as to what it could possibly be as I’m thinking it is a possible fragment of bone from one!
-
I may have posted this before but its been a while. To start off, I've had this in my collection several years now and have always been unsure about what it was. My first guess had always been petrified wood but then recently I watched a video about mastodon tusk that had been found to the east of where I found this piece. The material looks very similar. I know it doesn't look the best, but preservation here isn't the best. Anyways, let me know what you guys think.
- 24 replies
-
- 4
-
-
- identification
- mastodon?
- (and 1 more)
-
I was out in a nearby creek yesterday searching my newest honey hole when I pulled this up, at first I thought it was petrified wood, but then I thought I saw schreger lines. I'm not an expert so I'm getting it checked here. Thanks!
-
Was in Florida for a long weekend so I spent some time in the Peace River near Arcadia, Fl and picked this up. By size and basic shape it seems like a mastodon or mammoth vertebrae, but I haven't been in the area enough to tell and granted it’s very worn. Thoughts?
-
Found in Indiana - it is very heavy. Looks like a femoral head of something. Has what appear to be the femoral condyls (broken off) in front, spongy bone in back and medial ligament attachments on the side.
-
When I first decided to picked this piece up I thought it was just an interesting looking chunk of petrified wood, but when I grabbed it, it felt and looked weirdly light and fragile. I pulled it out of the bag for cleanup today and noticed what looked like faint schreger lines. Pictures in the daylight made the lines look clearer, though it's hard for me to make out exactly how they run.
- 35 replies
-
- 5
-
-
- gomphothere
- mammoth
- (and 5 more)
-
Greetings all, I found this bone Fragment on Jones Island, South Carolina. I was thinking/hoping it may be a fragment of the base of a mastodon tooth. Does anyone have any thoughts on this piece?
-
My husband found this really large vertebra today in a south Texas gravel bar. Looks a lot larger than the one bison thoracic vertebra I have, and the extra dorsal processes fused together are confusing to me. I thought maybe it could be a sacral vertebra that has broken off from the others, but I don't see the large foramen that I would expect it to have. Also it looks smaller than some of the measurements for mammoth that @JohnJ has posted for reference before in a post by @fossilus. I also don't think it resembles the possible sloth in the post above. Mastodon? Small mammoth? Large bison? Excited, but stumped. I've had a hard time finding good references about the differences between large mammal vertebra in the past. Any ideas? @digit @garyc @Harry Pristis @Lorne Ledger @Shellseeker
-
Hi everyone! I'm back with another Florida Mammal bone that has me stumped. The size rules out most things. I figure it's either sloth or proboscidean but I'm having a hard time figuring out which one as I can't seem to find a good match. Any thoughts? measurements are: 10.6 cm (4.17 inches) long 6.2 cm (2.44 inches) tall 4.5 and 3 cm (1.77 and 1.18 inches) wide
-
Hi everyone! I've been going through some Florida bones I acquired recently and these two stood out to me. I think they're both Mammoth/Mastodon, the first being a phalange and the second being a carpal or tarsal but I'm not sure and was hoping for a second opinion. Measurements are: 1.85 inches long, 1.5 inches tall, and 1.1 inches wide (4.7 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm) for the first piece aka "the phalange" 3.03 inches long, 1.57 inches tall, and 2.08 inches wide (7.7 x 4 x 5.3) for the second piece aka "the carpal" Any insight is greatly appreciated as always!
-
Strange bone from North Florida id help please Mammoth? Mastodon? Carpal? Tarsal?
jikohr posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi Everyone! I recently acquired a bunch of Mammal bones from Florida and I've been going through them hoping to hone my id skills. But I'm still new to this area and would greatly appreciate some confirmation. I think this piece is a carpal/tarsal from a Mammoth or Mastodon. It measures about 3.25 x 2.75 x 1.5 inches and was found in North Florida. What do ya'll think?
-
So my husband found this heavily mineralized bone while we were hunting in southeast Texas with @Lorne Ledger. Mostly Pleistocene age material in the area. It was too dirty to identify then. I've cleaned it up, and I've been struggling to ID it. It has a large, thick base but dramatically thins toward the outside (similar to how a scapula would, but I'm not sure it's the right shape for one.) So far my best guess has been a partial ilium to a large quadraped since there aren't many bones that flatten out like a fan in that way. I've included a picture of a wooly rhino ilium off a sales site first, not to argue it as a possibility, but as an example of the general similarities to a large ilium that I noticed in shape. @JohnJ @Lorne Ledger @garyc@darrow@Shellseeker@Harry Pristis @digit Any help would be fantastic. Thank you, Brandy
-
Hi guys. I found this large and pretty complete bone in a sandy gravel bar, Southeast Texas. Mostly Pleistocene here with less common Miocene-Pliocene. The size and odd shape made me lean toward proboscidean metapodial, but I looked in my Olsen book and had a hard time figuring out a match. Maybe mastodon astragalus? Or am I barking up the wrong tree entirely? Not much I can think of that would be asymmetrical and this robust. @JohnJ @garyc @darrow @Lorne Ledger @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker
- 10 replies
-
- 2
-
-
- astragalus?
- mastodon?
- (and 4 more)
-
Hi all, I found these interesting fragments of tooth enamel by themselves and they both appear to have a cusp like shape and the one has a rounded top that didn’t fully break off. The larger piece has some very pronounced horizontal striations, Im not sure if that’s helpful it not. Could these be pieces of mastodon tooth? I know several Pacific Mastodons were found in this area.
-
My name is Nicole and my experience level is amateur. However I have been finding alot on my new property in TN and have been educating myself as best as I can. Can someone help me with identification?
-
Got back out on the river this past Sunday. The water level had dropped a little and the flow had slowed a bit. This allowed me to get a little farther into the river at my favorite big bone hunting spot. The day was pretty much uneventful until I heard the telltale "clink" of the shovel on something that seemed bigger than a chunk of dugong. After a little probing and adjusting for the water flow I was able to pull up the targeted object. It turned out to be a reasonably large bone about 4"x6", it wasn't obvious what exactly it could be. I was hoping it was another piece of proboscidean bone as I have found pieces of mammoth and mastodon jaw bones, teeth, leg bones and tusk in this spot over the course of the past year. After getting it home and comparing it to prior finds I spent the last few evenings searching the Forum and the internet looking at proboscidean jaws and jaw bone pieces. As a result I think what I have is the end of the mandible or "chin" of either a mastodon or mammoth. Any opinions or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking!
-
On my last visit to the Peace River I found several partial bones in the area where I found a piece of a mammoth/mastodon metatarsal. This is also the spot where I recovered a piece of jaw bone, carpal bone and teeth of mammoth and mastodon. The bones I am posting now are ones I am not sure are even enough to hope for an ID. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. BONE #1: BONE #2: BONE#3: Thanks for looking!
-
Made it back to the Peace River today. I went back to a prior area where I have not seen many people in the past, trying to still avoid others. Came up with many pieces of bone. The one I am seeking input on is the only one that I think has a chance of being identified. Best I can come up with after research is a partial mammoth or mastodon metatarsal. This was found right where I discovered a proboscidian carpal bone and a partial jaw bone last year. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
-
Posted the below a few weeks ago with some other finds hoping to get some assistance with an ID. I think this could be the root of a mastodon or mammoth tooth. I am hoping for input from anyone who has an idea or experience with a similar find. Thanks for taking a look.
-
I posted the below pic's previously and apologize if I am overstepping by posting them again. Am hoping for some input on whether or not this partial tooth could be Gomphotherium as opposed to Mastodon. In viewing numerous online images I felt it may be Gomph. Any feedback would be appreciated . Thanks!
-
